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A; BURKART-STALDER.

HEATING DEVICE.

N0. 530,390. Patented Dec. 4, 1894.l

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UNITED- STATESvx PATIENT Genion. i

' AUGUST BURKART-STALDER, OF BERNE, SWITZERLAND.

H EATING Dsvlcs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,390, dated December 4, 1894.

Application iled July 17, 1894. Serial No. 517,812- (No model.) Patented in Switzerland January 17| 1893i No: Bill-9i in y England January 17. 1893, No. 15,640; in Germany January 23, 1898, No. 71,413, andin France July 10, 1893, No.

have been granted to me in Switzerland, No.`

6,119,dated January 17,1893; in GreatBritain, No. 15,640, dated January 17, 1893; in Germany, No. 71,413, dated January 23, 1893, and in France, No. 231,436, dated July 10, 1893;)

` and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description. of the inf vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same'.

This invention relates to a heating device or apparatus such as is adapted to be applied to fire-places, stoves, ranges, &c., for providing a better combustion of the fuel and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character of a simple and inexpensive construction which shall be applicable for use in connection with such lire-places, stoves, ranges, &c., and shall at the same time, by slight and immaterial alteration, be adaptable for use as a heating device alone.

The invention will be hereinafter fully de#` scribed and its novel features carefully delined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 isa front view of a heating device embodying my invention and Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sections of the same, taken at right angles to one another. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the device. Figs. 5 and 6 are yviews similar to Figs. 3 -and 4, but showing a modied form of the device.

In the views A represents the outer casing` of the device, which is ofa rectangular form and is imperforate except that one of its walls is provided with air inlets D, D, adapted to y, be closed by dampers D', D. At its base, the

casing A is provided with an inward projec` `tion bearing an upward extension, as clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3 in which is provided a series of perforations. The upper part of the the outer wall A and at its lower end on the upper edge of the upward extension of the casing. The lower edge of lining A is provided with a ledge or shoulder extending around it, on which ledge or shoulder is arranged the lining B also of 4a conical or dared form, by preference, havingimperforate walls arranged slightly inside of the upward perforated extension of casing Aand extending to the base of the said casing. Thus it will be seen an air passage is provided from the dampers D, D through casing A, out at the perforations in the upward extension of the casing, down between the said extension and the outer side of lining B and upward through said lining B as indicated by the arrowsthrough the grate C which rests on the upper edges of liningB. n

The device as above described is adapted to be set in ranges, stoves, furnaces and other fireplaces where it is desired to obtain the greatest heating effect together with a minimum consumption of fuel. The fuel being placed on the grate Gand ignited, the lining A' becomes redhot and consequently the air flowing th rough casingA will be highly heated prior to being supplied under the grate and thus the greatest heating effect will be attained.

In the construction seen in Figs. 5 Aand 6 I have shown the device adapted for use independently of any other lire-place. In this case, the casing A is provided with an ash-pit located below the lining B and provided with air-tight walls and a closed bottom A2. A sliding ash-pan E is also provided to receive the ashes falling from grate C. A

It will b e seen that my invention is suscep-` tible of considerable modification without material departure from its principles; for instance, in lieu of making the ash-pit in the form seen in Figs. 5 and 6 with a closed bot--` tom A2, it may be provided with an open bottom adapted to allowthe ashes to fall therethrough, in which case the use of the drawer or sliding pan E will also be dispensed with.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The herein described heating device, consisting of the open top rectangular casing IOO provided at its front with air-inlets and regulating dampers, and at its base with an inward projection having a perforated upward extension, as described, in combination with an inner lining and a grate; the inner lining composed of two lared sections, the upper section having an outer flange at its top, and an inner ledge, at its bottom for resting, respeetively, on the upper edges of the casing and its inner perforated extension; the lower section of the lining provided with a topy flange for the support of said section and grate, substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

In testimony whereof I have aixed my sigr 5 nature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST BU RKART-STALDER. Witnesses: MAX GYsI,

Ing. C. 'HANSLIN, Ing. 

